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Effect of bovine milk fat globule membranes as a complementary food on the serum metabolome and immune markers of 6-11-month-old Peruvian infants 10.1038/s41538-018-0014-8 2018-04-12 This study builds on a previous study by this group in which 6–11-month-old Peruvian infants who were fed bovine milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) containing complementary food had significantly fewer episodes of infection-related bloody diarrhea relative to t...
Application of industrial treatments to donor human milk: influence of pasteurization treatments, storage temperature, and time on human milk gangliosides 10.1038/s41538-018-0013-9 2018-03-13 Donor milk is the best option when mother’s own milk is unavailable. Heat treatments are applied to ensure donor milk safety. The effects of heat treatments on milk gangliosides—bioactive compounds with beneficial antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and prebiot...
A look at food security in China 10.1038/s41538-018-0012-x 2018-02-20 A look at food security in China A look at food security in China, Published online: 20 February 2018; doi:10.1038/s41538-018-0012-xA look at food security in China
Statuses of food-derived glutathione in intestine, blood, and liver of rat 10.1038/s41538-018-0011-y 2018-02-06 Oral administration of glutathione has been demonstrated to reduce exercise-induced fatigue and improve liver function, although glutathione can be synthesized in the liver. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism of this effect. To address th...
Effects of high-intensity ultrasound and oil type on the Maillard reaction of d-glucose and glycine in oil-in-water systems 10.1038/s41538-017-0010-4 2018-01-22 This study addresses the effect of high-intensity ultrasonic processing on four oil-in-water systems, using sunflower, peanut, olive and flaxseed oils, respectively, that contained an aqueous d-glucose and glycine Maillard reaction (MR) model system. The MR i...
Determination of triacylglycerol oxidation mechanisms in canola oil using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry 10.1038/s41538-017-0009-x 2018-01-12 Triacylglycerol (TG), the main component of edible oil, is oxidized by thermal- or photo- oxidation to form TG hydroperoxide (TGOOH) as the primary oxidation product. Since TGOOH and its subsequent oxidation products cause not only the deterioration of oil qu...
Food for thought: how nutrition impacts cognition and emotion 10.1038/s41538-017-0008-y 2017-12-06 More than one-third of American adults are obese and statistics are similar worldwide. Caloric intake and diet composition have large and lasting effects on cognition and emotion, especially during critical periods in development, but the neural mechanisms fo...
Is nano safe in foods? Establishing the factors impacting the gastrointestinal fate and toxicity of organic and inorganic food-grade nanoparticles 10.1038/s41538-017-0005-1 2017-11-20 Nanotechnology offers the food industry a number of new approaches for improving the quality, shelf life, safety, and healthiness of foods. Nevertheless, there is concern from consumers, regulatory agencies, and the food industry about potential adverse effec...
Four years post-horsegate: an update of measures and actions put in place following the horsemeat incident of 2013 10.1038/s41538-017-0007-z 2017-11-06 Complexities in food supply chains were highlighted by the so called ‘horsegate’ crisis in 2013, where beef meat was fraudulently adulterated with horse meat causing widespread recalls and subsequent investigations across both retail and food service markets ...
Direct interaction of food derived colloidal micro/nano-particles with oral macrophages 10.1038/s41538-017-0003-3 2017-10-30 Like any typical food system, bone soup (or broth), a traditional nourishing food in many cultures, contains a colloid dispersion of self-assembled micro/nano-particles. Food ingestion results in the direct contact of food colloidal MNPs with immune cells. Wi...

Effect of bovine milk fat globule membranes as a complementary food on the serum metabolome and immune markers of 6-11-month-old Peruvian infants

10.1038/s41538-018-0014-8

2018-04-12

This study builds on a previous study by this group in which 6–11-month-old Peruvian infants who were fed bovine milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) containing complementary food had significantly fewer episodes of infection-related bloody diarrhea relative to t...

Application of industrial treatments to donor human milk: influence of pasteurization treatments, storage temperature, and time on human milk gangliosides

10.1038/s41538-018-0013-9

2018-03-13

Donor milk is the best option when mother’s own milk is unavailable. Heat treatments are applied to ensure donor milk safety. The effects of heat treatments on milk gangliosides—bioactive compounds with beneficial antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and prebiot...

A look at food security in China

10.1038/s41538-018-0012-x

2018-02-20

A look at food security in China A look at food security in China, Published online: 20 February 2018; doi:10.1038/s41538-018-0012-xA look at food security in China

Statuses of food-derived glutathione in intestine, blood, and liver of rat

10.1038/s41538-018-0011-y

2018-02-06

Oral administration of glutathione has been demonstrated to reduce exercise-induced fatigue and improve liver function, although glutathione can be synthesized in the liver. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism of this effect. To address th...

Effects of high-intensity ultrasound and oil type on the Maillard reaction of d-glucose and glycine in oil-in-water systems

10.1038/s41538-017-0010-4

2018-01-22

This study addresses the effect of high-intensity ultrasonic processing on four oil-in-water systems, using sunflower, peanut, olive and flaxseed oils, respectively, that contained an aqueous d-glucose and glycine Maillard reaction (MR) model system. The MR i...

Determination of triacylglycerol oxidation mechanisms in canola oil using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

10.1038/s41538-017-0009-x

2018-01-12

Triacylglycerol (TG), the main component of edible oil, is oxidized by thermal- or photo- oxidation to form TG hydroperoxide (TGOOH) as the primary oxidation product. Since TGOOH and its subsequent oxidation products cause not only the deterioration of oil qu...

Food for thought: how nutrition impacts cognition and emotion

10.1038/s41538-017-0008-y

2017-12-06

More than one-third of American adults are obese and statistics are similar worldwide. Caloric intake and diet composition have large and lasting effects on cognition and emotion, especially during critical periods in development, but the neural mechanisms fo...

Is nano safe in foods? Establishing the factors impacting the gastrointestinal fate and toxicity of organic and inorganic food-grade nanoparticles

10.1038/s41538-017-0005-1

2017-11-20

Nanotechnology offers the food industry a number of new approaches for improving the quality, shelf life, safety, and healthiness of foods. Nevertheless, there is concern from consumers, regulatory agencies, and the food industry about potential adverse effec...

Four years post-horsegate: an update of measures and actions put in place following the horsemeat incident of 2013

10.1038/s41538-017-0007-z

2017-11-06

Complexities in food supply chains were highlighted by the so called ‘horsegate’ crisis in 2013, where beef meat was fraudulently adulterated with horse meat causing widespread recalls and subsequent investigations across both retail and food service markets ...

Direct interaction of food derived colloidal micro/nano-particles with oral macrophages

10.1038/s41538-017-0003-3

2017-10-30

Like any typical food system, bone soup (or broth), a traditional nourishing food in many cultures, contains a colloid dispersion of self-assembled micro/nano-particles. Food ingestion results in the direct contact of food colloidal MNPs with immune cells. Wi...